Multi-volume or not, just use DSS to dump the dataset, and if it is cataloged, no need to worry about what volumes. My recommendation would be to dump the file to a compressed DSS dump file on disk, FTP it to your other lpar, and then just restore the dss’d dump file.
_______________________________ Dave Jousma Vice President | Director, Platform Engineering Fifth Third Bank | 1830 East Paris Ave, SE | Grand Rapids, MI 49546 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Peter <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Multi volume dataset copy CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL This message came from outside your organization. DO NOT open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. Report Suspicious<https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/MwwqYLOC6b6whF7V!o1OEdzMCpQ6qvyS1rDOumhrD1NCENZ1T85kd7vjV_Fc0SsIbds2eUQq6oYzVDjdz63wFLh_e6M3BmwKCZWVZOyGxqgCNYuz01vA53MUK5-5RryPS--HfiEd6GlRTeA$> The datasets are on non sms volumes I have found a ADRDSSU JCL which does volume to volume copy On Fri, 19 Dec 2025, 16:52 Radoslaw Skorupka, < [email protected]> wrote: > W dniu 18.12.2025 o 09:41, Peter pisze: > > Hello > > > > We have a single multivolume dataset which is sitting on 15 volume. > > > > I want to copy over it to our test lpar where only dasd are shared and > not > > virtual tape. > > > > What would be the best approach to copy this multvolume dataset from > LPAR1 > > to LPAR2 ? > > There are many ways to do that. > Shared DASD - means you can access the volumes. > Simple IEBGENER or IDCAMS. > Things can be a little bit more complex when it's SMS-managed - because > the dataset has to be cataloged. > However you can import the BCS (catalog). > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
